PianoGal! Welcome to the FORT officially! And thanks so much for your advice! I will look into it. I want to know if the medication would lower my blood sugar because I tend to have lowish blood sugar at times. Would it effect this? Wouldnt want it to go too low! I am very interested in what you said and I have heard of this before!

Hello all! I had to post so you could see my new avatar, look closely, you can see the little bean's face!

Blondie-Glad you are on the road to recovery. I belong to an MSN group with a bunch of women who have dealt with infertility, if you are interested just let me know.

PianoGal-Welcome and congrats! I know how you feel, I'm almost 16 weeks now and still feel like it's not true, like something is going to go wrong. I had unexplained infertility but then we got pg this time with no help and everything looks good so far!

I have been an avid lurker for the past two-plus years, so I already feel like I'm part of the FORT family. Two-plus years --- that's going back to the night that Kimberly Caldwell got the boot from AI 2! We've all been through so much together since then....

Karna -- great picture! Congrats. Looking forward to sharing the next twenty-something weeks with you.

OK -- so here's a topic for all the pregnant women out there.....

I went into a maternity store for the first time today, and came out TOTALLY DEPRESSED! I didn't like anything --- and the stuff that I could see myself wearing all cost a fortune! I feel like I can either buy clothes to wear for the next 6 months or send this kid to college, but not both!

I'm hoping that if I try other stores I'll have a better time. Any suggestions? I need clothes for a business-casual office environment. My "style" is pretty basic -- I've never been into really trendy clothes. My pre-pregnancy work wardrobe is mostly Ann Taylor-ish, and my casual clothes are mostly basics from Old Navy or Gap.

I've heard that Old Navy and Gap have maternity lines on their websites. I have never bought clothing on-line before, but I think I'll be starting real soon!

I'm trying to figure out if this store I went into today is just ridiculously overpriced, or if this is just what it's like. For example -- this item seems pretty standard, like it's probably at every maternity store under the sun:
Bella Bands -- basically an elastic band that secures your pants around the waist. Lets you wear your non-maternity pants unbuttoned, or lets you wear maternity clothes while they're still loose on you. It was in a package, so I couldn't see it, but it basically seemed like an oversize spandex headband. And this store wanted $28 for it! This seemed crazy to me, and I'm thinking (hoping!) that if I look around on-line I can find it for about half the price.